... different effects on the activity of RTA. Whereas, one had no effect on the activity of the enzyme (R258A), others reduced activity by one(R213A, R258D, R48A) or by two (R213D) orders of N122AY80N122AY80Fig. ... expression levels and, as such, these mutantscould not be purified. To assess the effect of substitutionsmade at each of the arginyl residues on catalytic activity of RTA, the ability of each of ... addition of 100 lLof2· Kirby buffer [25] and 80 lLofH2O, and rRNA was obtained by precipitation after two phenol–chloroform extractions. Four micrograms of rRNA weretreatedwith20lL of acetic-aniline...